Chapter 162: Letter from the United States

Liu Yimin took a sip of tea and continued, "You don't want to give us a part of the arsenal equipment. I understand this and don't force it. But there is a saying that you must bring to Chairman Yan. Japan's desire to perish is not dead, and the overall invasion of China is in full swing.

It is inevitable. Please prepare early and actively prepare for the war. You must not be lucky. You cannot believe the nonsense of his Japanese classmates just because of his experience studying in Japan. A key enterprise like Taiyuan Arsenal, which is related to the national war of resistance, will be opened in the near future.

Production at full capacity, expand inventory, and allocate more weapons and ammunition to each unit. After completing the accumulation of weapons and ammunition, the demolition and transfer should be arranged as soon as possible, and production should be continued to be supported by the national war of resistance. When transferring to Shaanxi, we welcome it and want to transfer to Sichuan or

In the area controlled by the Gansu National Government, we organized escorts along the road to ensure safety. In short, it cannot be put into the hands of the Japanese."

Chen Jingtang had already heard it completely. This young general was thinking about it this way. He was not trying to cheat Shanxi, but considering the overall situation of future wars against Japan, and was willing to let the arsenal retreat through Shaanxi to Sichuan and Gansu. Great, there was such a situation.

It's amazing to have a strategic vision and such a mind. Wait, let's hear what he is talking about.

Seeing that Chen Jingtang was listening carefully, Liu Yimin continued: "Shanxi has done a good job in people's livelihood construction in recent years. He opened coal mines, iron ore, built steel plants, machine factories, railways and highways. In today's China, it has developed relatively fast.

.However, compared with Japan's industrial level, there is a big gap. What is the reason? It's nothing more, it's that the domestic wars are in trouble, people's lives are in a difficult situation, and there is no good market. We are willing to do business with Shanxi, one is to solve the problem of the Red Army.

The difficulty of developing Shaanxi. Second, it is also to form a common market with Shanxi, complement each other's advantages, and make both sides develop faster. The purpose is to improve the lives of ordinary people and enhance their strength to fight against the Japanese. Because of this, we proposed not to

You have cashed in and asked you to give us some equipment and help us build some basic factories. After the full war of resistance begins in the future, it will be safer across the Yellow River, and Shaanxi will be safer and can produce without interruption, providing material support for our War of Resistance Against Japan.

It’s my true thought, not extortion. Mr. Chen might as well discuss it with Chairman Yan. Of course, if you really don’t want to, then give it money. We just want to buy it somewhere else.”

Chen Jingtang was born in the four wealthy business families in Xin County and has a deep understanding of the market. Although he does not have the advanced consciousness and theory of Liu Yimin, he has rich practical experience and a deep personal experience. Liu Yimin's words are undoubtedly arrows hitting the bull's eye.

Speaking of his heart, he could not have imagined that there were such talents in the Red Army who were so well versed in market management, and so far-sighted, completely considering the country and the people.

I was moved and naturally spoke intimately. I heard Chen Jingtang say slowly: "The knowledge and demeanor of Commander Liu Jun has opened my eyes. I see that few people in China today can be sober, and I am very glad to come here.

If you can meet such an outstanding person, please rest assured that you will catch the money first, which is considered as an agreement between us. After I go back, I will report to Chairman Yan seriously and in detail and must promote cooperation between the two parties. At that time, you will be the first to take over.

Use money to buy what you need in Shanxi. This is to do business. If Chairman Yan has the face, Shanxi will also make a certain profit. Both sides are happy. I wonder what Commander Liu Jun thinks?"

Liu Yimin knew that at this time, many Chinese people were not aware of the Japanese's invasion of China. Not to mention ordinary people, even Chiang Kai-shek might not realize it. Even within the Japanese government, their opinions may not be unified. If you insist on Yan Xishan Arsenal

Equipment, the old man must have thought it was bullying him. He came through time, so he naturally knew the direction of history, but the authorities were confused. Before the Lugou Bridge Incident happened, most people would not believe that the Japanese dared to invade China in full swing.

.Oh, things have to be taken slowly. If it really doesn't work, I will use this money to buy equipment from the Soviet Union or the United States in the future.

After thinking about it, Liu Yimin said to Chen Jingtang and Li Qing: "That's it, you can go through the procedures. After completing the procedures, Li Qing accompanied Mr. Chen to visit Xi'an and admire the Big Wild Goose Pagoda. It's not easy to come here.

When leaving, we sent troops to escort Mr. Chen to a safe place."

Chen Jingtang was happy to see the big matter being negotiated, knowing that Liu Yimin was busy and was about to see off the guests. After pondering for a while, as if he had made some decision in his heart, he stood up and said, "Captain Liu Jun, I have a heartless request,

Please agree."

Liu Yimin looked at Chen Jingtang suspiciously and thought to himself, what's wrong with this stubborn old man? He said, "Mr. Chen, please speak!"

Chen Jingtang trembled and took a jade Buddha from his neck and said, "Captain Liu Jun, you are the best young man I, Chen Jingtang, have you seen in so many years. I really like you and talk to you.

A sense of confidant. I really want to talk about friendship with you, but the world is not pure and we represent different interests. I won’t talk about this friendship. But I am so old that it is hard to say when I can live. I am afraid that I will be able to live again in the future

It's hard to see you. I heard that you have a jade Buddha here shortly after your wedding. The texture and workmanship are average, and it can be worth about two or three silver dollars. But because my mother wore it on me when she gave birth to me, I

I cherish it very much and never leave my body in my life. I want to give it to you as a wedding gift given to you by a friend. Please accept it!" After that, he handed the Jade Buddha to Liu Yimin.

Liu Yimin was stunned when he heard this. Did the old man forget that he was on behalf of Yan Xishan to negotiate? Why did he remember to give gifts to himself? Could it be that he had a fever?

Seeing that Chen Jingtang gave the Jade Buddha to his hands, Liu Yimin came back to his senses and hurriedly said, "No, no, our Red Army has discipline, I can't ask for your gift. Besides, this thing has a memorial significance to you, how can it be easy

Giving it to someone? Mr. Chen quickly put it away." As he said, he stuffed the jade Buddha into Chen Jingtang's hand.

When Chen Jingtang saw that Liu Yimin didn't want it, his face looked a little annoyed, and his voice became louder unconsciously: "Do you think I am the representative of Yan Xishan? I don't want to have anything to do with me, so I won't accept it? I have lived for more than 60 years,

No matter who you do, there is one thing I can tell the world that I am honest and honest all my life and have never done anything dirty. I met you when I got married, and I was dissatisfied with you without being polite. I didn’t want you to be favored, you

What are you worried about? Besides, it is not valuable. I have never heard of being rejected for rejoicing in marriage for others. Is my old man's face not a face?"

Li Qing sighed while listening, "This man is more dead than others, and he is more thrown away from goods." Last time in Maotai Town, the commander of the army wrote a poem for the owner of Maotai wine, and wrote the four words "Maotai" in the national wine.

The boss wanted to give the corps commander 10% of his corps. Chen Jingtang was quarreling and quarreling when he negotiated with him, and he threatened to commit suicide from time to time. When the commander said earnestly, he actually wanted to give the jade Buddha left by his mother to the commander of the corps.

To make a wedding gift. Looking at the old man's attitude, if the legion commander doesn't accept it, he may end again in a bad mood. The agreement will be signed soon, and 5 million yuan of compensation will be obtained soon. No accidents will happen.

So Li Qing stood up and said, "Mr. Chen, don't be angry, I accepted it for the commander of the army. This gift shows that Mr. Chen has a correct understanding of our Red Army and regards us as worthy of interaction. We are very happy.

Mr. Chen, thank you for your blessing to our Legion Commander.”

After saying that, Li Qing took the Jade Buddha and put it in Liu Yimin's hands, and pulled Chen Jingtang away with anger.

Liu Yimin felt that it was simply inexplicable. What would happen if the negotiating opponent gave him a gift? He originally wanted Li Chengyi to catch up and return the Jade Buddha to Chen Jingtang, but later he thought about the tragedy of the old man's family in history, but he did not call Li Chengyi again.

In case of historical tragedy inevitable, it is also a souvenir. However, since this old man is so cute, Liu Yimin thought that he would definitely save his family at that time, and that the tragic disaster of Chen Jingtang's whole family being destroyed in history will not occur.

As he thought about it, Liu Yimin picked up the Jade Buddha and looked at it. He was shocked when he saw it. The color of the jade was as white as mutton fat, with a heavy oil head, a thin structure, and a sufficient water head. It turned out to be a piece of carved with rare mutton fat jade.

The statue of Guanyin Bodhisattva seems to be a little old. The carvings are extremely exquisite, the knife skills are smooth and round, and the Buddha statue is lifelike. It must have been written by famous masters. The beautiful mutton fat and jade, plus this kind of carving, if it were placed in his own era

, The treasure appraisal program on CCTV must be the finale. Chen Jingtang actually said that the texture is average and can be worth two or three silver dollars. It seems that he is afraid that he would not want it, so he deliberately belittled the value of this heirloom. He is really good at it.

Thinking about Chen Jingtang's family background, I burst into laughter. Can the Jade Buddha that the young master of the Chen family, one of the four wealthy families in Xin County wear for the rest of his life be a treasure?

Forget it, since he regards me as a confidant, if he just keeps trying to get back, he will seem petty.

Liu Yimin hangs the jade Buddha around his neck, Shi Shiran leaves the office and goes to find Hu Di.

Hu Di and Ma De and Ma Pu's negotiations went smoothly. The Qingma redeemed 10,000 soldiers and militia. When Liu Yimin came, Hu Di had just sent Ma De and Ma Pu away, with victory on his face.

Smile.

When I met the commander of the legion, Hu Di said excitedly: "Fortunately, 10,000 prisoners were exchanged for 3 million yuan. Commander of the legion, why do I feel that I am particularly suitable for this work? But after negotiations with the Kuomintang, we cannot go back in the future

I beat them, isn’t this cutting off the source of funds? I’m not sure if there is any such opportunity to fight with the Japanese in the future.”

Liu Yimin was funny. It was incredible that this famous hero would say such words. He said, "Of course there is no such opportunity to fight the Japanese. The Japanese soldiers are all a group of idiots, and they don't know how to surrender. We

They can only be killed. However, if you catch the son and wife of the Japanese official, you can ask them to exchange ammunition or money for exchange. Since you have this interest, you will still be responsible at that time."

Hu Di also thought he was funny. Why did he like to do such things? After laughing, he asked Liu Yimin: "Ma De and Ma Pu want to redeem the soldiers of Ma Hongkui's troops. Do you think it's okay?"

Liu Yimin thought about it and refused. He didn't want Ma Bufang's power to recover too quickly. It was a wolf. If he had enough energy, he would come out to eat people. However, Liu Yimin told Hu Di not to be afraid, once Ma Hongkui knew about Ma Bufang.

If the soldiers are redeemed, they will also come to redeem them. After all, these are trained soldiers. Besides, Ma Hongkui needs these soldiers to go back and strengthen their strength so as to compete with Ma Hongbin for the rule of Ningxia.

Hu Di immediately asked for instructions. Can you notify Ma Hongkui?

Liu Yimin shook his head: "They are all a group of dogs, and their noses are very good."

Hu Di always believed in the judgment of the Legion Commander and stopped talking.

In the evening, Liu Yimin, who was dissatisfied with her, invited Chen Jingtang to have a meal and asked Tang Xingying toast Chen Jingtang. While the wine was booming, Liu Yimin told Chen Jingtang that once the War of Resistance begins, he must transfer his family to Shaanxi. It is okay to go to Yan.

It is okay to transfer Xishan Mountain. Never be stubborn and put your family in a dangerous place.

Chen Jingtang knew in his heart that Liu Yimin really cared about him, and even drank three cups to express his gratitude.

After dealing with the compensation issues between Ma Bufang and Yan Xishan and handing over all the funds to the central government, Liu Yimin wanted to find Mao Zedong, Zhou Enlai, Zhu De, and Chen Yun, and asked if he had any contact with the Soviet Union and when he would talk to them about requesting support equipment.

At this time, the war came to an end. Mao Zedong was busy grasping the power construction in the base area, Zhou Enlai was busy negotiating with the Kuomintang, and Zhu De and Liu Bocheng were planning the reorganization plan for the entire army. Zhang Wentian led Chen Yun and Li Fuchun to take charge of the economic construction of the base area.

With Liu Yimin's suggestion as a reference, Zhang Wentian and his work were organized and reasonable. The province generally implemented road construction with labor for relief, which solved the labor problem and allowed many poor people to have food to eat and safely survive the spring famine. The original Xi'an

The factory also produces normally, the market prices are basically stable, and a few people are doing it in full swing.

Liu Yimin first went to Mao Zedong and told his idea that he wanted to get steel plants, power plants, chemical plants, machinery manufacturing plants, and arsenal equipment from the Soviet Union so that the Red Army could produce weapons themselves.

Mao Zedong replied that the comrades who had already allowed the Communist International to negotiate with the Soviet side, and the Soviet side initially replied that they were willing to provide some weapons and ammunition, and that the factory equipment was being negotiated.

Seeing that Mao Zedong was not happy on his face when he spoke, Liu Yimin tentatively said: "Chairman, is it not going well?"

Mao Zedong said: "They are talking, and it may not be very smooth for the time being. If it really doesn't work, wait for Enlai to finish the negotiations here and ask him to go to Moscow and talk to Comrade Stalin in person."

Liu Yimin felt like a mirror in his heart. At this time, the Communist Party of China was just a branch in the minds of the leaders of the Communist International, and in the minds of Stalin, he probably had a high status. Otherwise, there would have been no eight-year war of resistance, and the Soviet Union had supported so much for the Chiang Kai-shek government.

Weapons only gave Yan'an some books. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, the reason why the Soviet Union helped us build an industrial system was because our party had already gained national power. It's not a big deal about Stalin's short-sightedness, after all, the Red Army was weak at this time, and China's legality

The government is also the Nanjing National Government, and exchanges between countries require interests to be exchanged.

Seeing that the Chairman had no intention of continuing to talk in depth, Liu Yimin had to stop the topic. Just as he was about to say goodbye, Mao Zedong took out a few coins and said that it was the money he made by Mao Zemin and others, and asked Liu Yimin to give his opinions.

Liu Yimin took it and saw that it was similar to the border tickets he had seen in the museum before traveling through time. The printing was very rough, and the coin value ranged from 100 yuan, 10 yuan, and 1 yuan.

Liu Yimin thought about it and said to Mao Zedong: "Now the base area has abundant financial funds and gold reserves. The faster the currency is issued, the better. But the stamp is printed too roughly, which affects the credibility. I suggest that the currency name is RMB, on the front pattern

Print the avatars of five professional figures of the workers, farmers, business, scholars and soldiers. The currency value is 10 yuan, five yuan, two yuan, one yuan, five cents, two cents, one cents, and the entire set of coins is 18 yuan, eight cents.

As for the ratio to silver dollars, some comrades from banks have carefully calculated it. In short, we now occupy big cities, and this monetary policy must be stable, which must not only ensure the value of gold, but also ensure the security of the currency, prevent the enemy from making large-scale forgery and disrupting our economy.

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After hearing this, Mao Zedong asked Liu Yimin to go back and redesign the ticket sample and write a report for the central government to study.

After leaving Mao Zedong, Liu Yimin went directly to Zhang Wentian, Chen Yun, and Li Fuchun, and asked them what else they needed to help the Seventh Army.

When Zhang Wentian, Chen Yun and Li Fuchun saw Liu Yimin, they were as happy as seeing the God of Wealth.

Zhang Wentian asked him directly that Ma Hongkui had paid Ma Bufang's money, and Yan Xishan's money, who would pay the next step?

Li Fuchun said more explicitly: "I said to Comrade Liu Yimin, my commander of the army, you do this beautifully, but you can't be proud, you have to continue working hard. Don't worry, as long as you can get money, we will definitely be

Can make the economy of Shaanxi well. I suggest you don’t wander around without any trouble, think about where you can go. This is where you can build roads, schools, hospitals, factories, and water conservancy are all necessary.

Money? You said that you have to buy tree seedlings and seedlings when planting trees? So, you can’t think you’ve done a lot of things and stop doing it.”
To be continued...